Shortly after I started throwing the big wood at night, I was working down a shoreline on a 1st 1/4 moon and saw a nice boulder about 6' off a point. I launched a cast intending to run my lure between the shore and the boulder. As the lure came past the boulder there was a swirl behind it and something happened that made it look like the boulder moved, but that's not possible right? That's what I thought anyways.
I broke out my scent and sat down to apply a fresh coating of scent to the lure. When I finished and had sat long enough that I thought the fish wouldn't remember the previous cast, I launched another one. this one landed on the outside of the boulder and I adjusted the retrieve so it would run into the boulder to try to get a reflexive strike. Well when it came to the boulder all Hell Broke Loose as the "Boulder" turned into a Canadian Goose that was hooked in the leg. During the fight, the goose got hooked in the cheek while semi-airbourne, which caused it to partially drown before I got it in. After I got it in I couldn't get it unhooked without being bitten so I threw my jacket over it and after having been still bitten twice more I just rung it's neck and decided I'd have goose for dinner. I had intended to release it but aftert loosing blood to it 3 times over, I changed my mind. It weighed 17.25#
Tight lines,
Wade